Yalda Kazemi

Department of Speech Therapy, School of Rehabilitation Sciences, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran.

[ 1 ] - Persian Adaptation of Enhanced Milieu Teaching for Iranian Children With Expressive Language Delay

Objectives: This study aimed at adapting and examining the applicability of the Teach-Model-Coach-Review model of the enhanced milieu teaching (EMT) approach for improving Iranian mothers’ language strategies while interacting with their toddlers with expressive language delay. Methods: In a single-subject multiple-baseline across-behavior study, the mothers of 3 toddlers with expressive langu...

[ 2 ] - Phonological Mean Length of Utterance in 48-60-Month-old Persian-speaking Children with Isfahani Accent: Comparison of Story Generation and Conversation Samples

Objective:Phonological Mean Length of Utterance (PMLU), a quantitative measure for assessment of phonological skills, has been considered in developmental studies as a diagnostic and clinical criterion in phonological development. Moreover, it is an indicator rate of the efficacy of the intervention. The PMLU is a word level measure that can be calculated on the child’s transcribed speech sampl...

[ 3 ] - Psychometric properties of the MacArthur-Bates communicative development inventories – III (CDI-III) in 30 to 37 months old Persian-speaking children

Introduction: Early language skills predict the child’s future language skills and literacy. So, screening and assessment of speech and language at an early age is important. One of the cost-effective way of child’s communication assessment is through parents reporting tools. MacArthur-Bates Communicative Development Inventories (CDI) are the most widely used forms that have been appliedby prof...